Hypersaline environments as natural sources of microbes with potential applications in biotechnology: The case of solar evaporation systems to produce salt in Alicante County (Spain).
Extremophilic microbes show a unique metabolism due to the adaptations they display to deal with extreme environmental parameters characterizing the extreme ecosystems that they inhabit (high salt concentration, high temperatures, and extreme pH values, high exposure to solar radiation etc.). Haloph...
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| description | Extremophilic microbes show a unique metabolism due to the adaptations they display to deal with extreme environmental parameters characterizing the extreme ecosystems that they inhabit (high salt concentration, high temperatures, and extreme pH values, high exposure to solar radiation etc.). Halophilic microorganisms characterised and isolated from saltmarshes, brines, salted ponds, salty lagoons etc. have recently attracted attention due to their potential biotechnological applications (as whole cells used for different purposes like wastewater treatments, or their biomolecules: enzymes, antibiotics, carotenoids, bioplastics). Alicante county (southeast of Spain) accounts for a significant number of salty environments like coastal or inland salty ponds from where sodium chloride (NaCl)is obtained, marshes, salty lagoons, etc. The best system characterised so far from a microbiological point of view is “Salinas de Santa Pola”, also termed “Salinas Bras del Port”. However, there are many other salty environments to be explored, like the natural park of Torrevieja and la Mata lagoons, salty lagoon located in Calpe city or inland salted ponds like those located in the northwest of the county. This review summarises the most relevant biotechnological applications of halophilic microbes described up to now. In addition, special attention is focused on ecosystems such as the lagoons of Torrevieja or inland salt marshes as natural environments whose microbial biodiversity is worthy of being studied in search of new strains and species with the aim to analyze their potential biotechnological applications (pharmaceutical, food industry, biomedicine, etc.). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-93251d13555741b3a06a3ce57cec4b1c2022-12-22T02:59:47ZengElsevierCurrent Research in Microbial Sciences2666-51742022-01-013100136Hypersaline environments as natural sources of microbes with potential applications in biotechnology: The case of solar evaporation systems to produce salt in Alicante County (Spain).Guillermo Martínez Martínez0Carmen Pire1Rosa María Martínez-Espinosa2Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Division, Agrochemistry and Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Alicante, Ap. 99, Alicante, E-03080 Spain; Multidisciplinary Institute for Environmental Studies “Ramón Margalef”, University of Alicante, Ap. 99, Alicante, E-03080 SpainBiochemistry and Molecular Biology Division, Agrochemistry and Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Alicante, Ap. 99, Alicante, E-03080 Spain; Multidisciplinary Institute for Environmental Studies “Ramón Margalef”, University of Alicante, Ap. 99, Alicante, E-03080 SpainBiochemistry and Molecular Biology Division, Agrochemistry and Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Alicante, Ap. 99, Alicante, E-03080 Spain; Multidisciplinary Institute for Environmental Studies “Ramón Margalef”, University of Alicante, Ap. 99, Alicante, E-03080 Spain; Corresponding author.Extremophilic microbes show a unique metabolism due to the adaptations they display to deal with extreme environmental parameters characterizing the extreme ecosystems that they inhabit (high salt concentration, high temperatures, and extreme pH values, high exposure to solar radiation etc.). Halophilic microorganisms characterised and isolated from saltmarshes, brines, salted ponds, salty lagoons etc. have recently attracted attention due to their potential biotechnological applications (as whole cells used for different purposes like wastewater treatments, or their biomolecules: enzymes, antibiotics, carotenoids, bioplastics). Alicante county (southeast of Spain) accounts for a significant number of salty environments like coastal or inland salty ponds from where sodium chloride (NaCl)is obtained, marshes, salty lagoons, etc. The best system characterised so far from a microbiological point of view is “Salinas de Santa Pola”, also termed “Salinas Bras del Port”. However, there are many other salty environments to be explored, like the natural park of Torrevieja and la Mata lagoons, salty lagoon located in Calpe city or inland salted ponds like those located in the northwest of the county. This review summarises the most relevant biotechnological applications of halophilic microbes described up to now. In addition, special attention is focused on ecosystems such as the lagoons of Torrevieja or inland salt marshes as natural environments whose microbial biodiversity is worthy of being studied in search of new strains and species with the aim to analyze their potential biotechnological applications (pharmaceutical, food industry, biomedicine, etc.).http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666517422000335HaloarchaeaHalobacteriaHalovirusBacterioruberinHalocinsPolyhydroxyalkanoates |
| spellingShingle | Guillermo Martínez Martínez Carmen Pire Rosa María Martínez-Espinosa Hypersaline environments as natural sources of microbes with potential applications in biotechnology: The case of solar evaporation systems to produce salt in Alicante County (Spain). Current Research in Microbial Sciences Haloarchaea Halobacteria Halovirus Bacterioruberin Halocins Polyhydroxyalkanoates |
| title | Hypersaline environments as natural sources of microbes with potential applications in biotechnology: The case of solar evaporation systems to produce salt in Alicante County (Spain). |
| title_full | Hypersaline environments as natural sources of microbes with potential applications in biotechnology: The case of solar evaporation systems to produce salt in Alicante County (Spain). |
| title_fullStr | Hypersaline environments as natural sources of microbes with potential applications in biotechnology: The case of solar evaporation systems to produce salt in Alicante County (Spain). |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hypersaline environments as natural sources of microbes with potential applications in biotechnology: The case of solar evaporation systems to produce salt in Alicante County (Spain). |
| title_short | Hypersaline environments as natural sources of microbes with potential applications in biotechnology: The case of solar evaporation systems to produce salt in Alicante County (Spain). |
| title_sort | hypersaline environments as natural sources of microbes with potential applications in biotechnology the case of solar evaporation systems to produce salt in alicante county spain |
| topic | Haloarchaea Halobacteria Halovirus Bacterioruberin Halocins Polyhydroxyalkanoates |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666517422000335 |
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